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Derek Chauvin’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Move Murder Trial Away from Minneapolis 

HeadlineMar 16, 2021

In Minneapolis, lawyers for former police officer Derek Chauvin have asked a judge to delay his murder trial and to move it away from Hennepin County, which is one of the most diverse counties in Minnesota. Chauvin faces murder and manslaughter charges, after he was filmed kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for over nine minutes last May, killing him. Chauvin’s lawyers cited last Friday’s unanimous decision by the Minneapolis City Council to approve a $27 million settlement with George Floyd’s family that resolved a wrongful death lawsuit, calling it “incredibly prejudicial.” This comes as jury selection in Chauvin’s trial continued on Monday. Of the nine jurors selected so far, five identify as white, one as multiracial, one as Hispanic and two as Black.

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